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JOINT TEST & EVALUATION
• JGPSCE published GYPSY BRAVO Quick Look Reports as well as vulnerability assessment reports for each
system executed in the GYPSY BRAVO field test.
• JGPSCE executed the GYPSY CHARLIE field test at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in September 2003. GYPSY
CHARLIE consisted of over 450 participants from 25 units, flying 240 sorties over ten nights. GYPSY CHARLIE
included six adjunct test activities including two aircraft from the Federal Aviation Administration flying 16
sorties.
• JGPSCE completed work on its GPS Vulnerability Test Methodology. The execution of the GYPSY CHARLIE
field test validated the JGPSCE developed methodology.
The JGPSCE Joint Test Team received the Joint Meritorious Unit Award on August 1, 2003, for its contribution to
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
TEST & EVALUATION ASSESSMENT
JGPSCE continues to provide rapid feedback to the warfighter community through quick-look reports and briefings. The
GYPSY BRAVO test results significantly enhanced vulnerability awareness with the DoD senior leadership. Central
Command conducted additional training and briefed numerous deploying units, and the Navy circulated updates to
operational crews. The Air Force dedicated resources to conduct additional testing, correct system vulnerabilities, and
provide enhanced crew awareness. When complete, JGPSCE will have quantitatively and qualitatively measured and
assessed the impacts of the loss of GPS on joint operations, measured and assessed mitigation methods to limit mission
impacts, and developed test methodologies to characterize GPS vulnerabilities in future acquisition and integration
programs.
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